Hi, On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, j.maleike wrote:
I would like to load a Linux-Kernel from a LILO-bootable rescue floppy into a RAM-Disk.
#lilo.rescue boot = /dev/fd0 install = /mnt/boot/boot.b map = /mnt/boot/lilo.map delay = 50 timeout = 150 compact image = /mnt/vmlinux ramdisk = 1440 root = /dev/fd0
The floppy is mounted in /mnt. Then I have to do #lilo -C /etc/lilo.rescue , but I am not sure. Something unexpected could happen in /boot ?
No, the above ist (almost) correct. But the "ramdisk" line is only valid for older kernels. Use an append line like: append="load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1" instead. The first parameter tells the kernel to load a ramdisk, the prompt_ramdisk gives you the opportunity to switch floppies. You might want to read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ramdisk.txt for additional info.
Futhermore I have no idea how to load a root-filesystem </> from the emergency floppy into the RAM disk, e.g. /sbin/fsck ...
S.u.S.E. Linux provides you with a rescue disk (just write /disks/rescue from CD#1 to a disk). You can use any of our boot disks to load this rescue system. If the computer has a CD-ROM drive, you can load the rescue system directly from the CD.
I would appreciate any help.
So long . . . . . . . . . . .
Juergen Maleike fon: 0.2204.21569 Wingertsheide 9 fax: 0.2204.25018 D-51427 Bergisch Gladbach mailto: maleike@maleike.gl.eunet.de
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